Explosion from bombing during the Marco Polo Bridge Incident at the start of the Second Sino-Japanese War. Sign at Marco Polo Bridge reads “Lu Know Kiao”. A train station near Marco Polo Bridge in Fengtai District, Peking, China. Imperial Japanese Army soldier uses binoculars while hiding in trench. A Japanese Sumida M.2593 (Type 91) armored car. Japanese troops fighting around Marco Polo bridge. The Japanese flag on mast of a battleship. Japanese battleship sailing to China. Japanese troops enter Nanking (Nanjing) after the Battle of Nanking. Soldiers in back of truck. Japanese biplane aircraft in flight. Japanese planes drop propaganda leaflets over Shanghai. Japanese planes dropping bombs. A Japanese newspaper with news on the Second Sino-Japanese War. Naval artillery crew firing guns. Japanese warships firing their guns in China. Japanese soldiers advance in battle. More bombers in flight.
In a large ground amidst huge crowd, 5000 boys perform calisthenics in Rome. Benito Mussolini with others witnesses the show.
Minerva Film Corporation studio on fire in Rome. A lift raises a fireman. Flames in a window. Smoke rises from the studio. A fire man raised high on a lift. Fire engines in the street. A large crowd watch the fire fighters work.
Soldiers are outside a coop. One soldier feeds pigeons outside coop and enters the coop. Pigeons in the coop. Soldier selects two pigeons and places capsule on their legs. Pigeons are placed into special carriers. Carriers are picked up by jeep and driver. Pigeons are taken to a distant area for a flight mission to familiarize them with the surrounding territory. Soldiers open the special carrier and freed the pigeons for flight mission. A message is inserted into the capsule on the pigeon's leg and the pigeon is released. Soldier takes pigeon from the coop. Message is removed from capsule and soldier makes entry in code book. (World War II period).
United States sailors pay homage at Victor Emmanuel Memorial in Rome. A wreath placed on Victor Emmanuel Memorial. Officer stands at the Memorial. United States flag. Sailors stand aligned on the stairs and pay homage.
General George Patton is welcomed at Palermo in Sicily and meets with Catholic Church Cardinal Lavitrano. Army Engineers construct mountain highways. The crew is seen working and using dynamite charges in mountain side to more quickly build a road bed for advancing supplies. Road building machinery at work. Bridges are constructed. Captured Italian soldiers and Italian officers are marched as prisoners of war in Sicily.
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